Tag Archives: Economy

On average this past month I have tweeted 7.5 times per business day. While there are just 288 followers on my Twitter® account, two weeks ago some of the tweets were retweeted to more than 20,000 individuals. Since so few of you tweet or follow me, now each week one of the Jones on Real …Read more

Other than a house, autos top the list of major expenditures by households. Autos remain a vital component of the U.S. economy, and the news on this front is very positive. May car and light-weight truck sales continue on a streak, with an annualized sales rate of 16.77 million vehicles – up from a 16.04 …Read more

Even if deflation came to the U.S., it would be very short lived (am saying this twice to emphasize). That is a function of demographics. The U.S. population is growing. Every day when we wake up in the U.S., there are more people than the prior day and year. Hence demand in the U.S. — …Read more

The economic climate continues to improve. Revenues of nonfinancial companies have recently returned to pre-recession levels, and U.S. companies are spending more on capital assets, inventory and other expenses, and these are positive indicators for the U.S. economy. This is a good sign for commercial real estate. We foresee office, industrial, retail and multifamily all …Read more

2012 has been a successful year. Although the year is nearly over, there is still much work to be done. The uncertainties facing the nation in 2013 – the Fiscal Cliff, tax changes, interest rates, job growth (or lack thereof) – are driving clients towards a year-end push to close as many transactions as possible. …Read more